From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 15 19:25:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF55116A479 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:25:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sat@cenkes.org) Received: from heka.cenkes.org (heka.cenkes.org [208.79.80.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97AAE13C47E for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:25:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sat@cenkes.org) Received: from amilo.cenkes.org (ppp85-141-133-180.pppoe.mtu-net.ru [85.141.133.180]) (Authenticated sender: sat) by heka.cenkes.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7265242F829; Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:09:43 +0300 (MSK) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:09:40 +0300 From: Andrew Pantyukhin To: ivan dimitrov Message-ID: <20080215190939.GD1555@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <747768.7737.qm@web56814.mail.re3.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <747768.7737.qm@web56814.mail.re3.yahoo.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: two ntpd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:25:51 -0000 On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 09:24:23AM -0800, ivan dimitrov wrote: > Hi list, > is it normal to have two ntpds? > 767 ?? Ss 0:37.28 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid > 844 ?? S 0:00.95 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid This "double ntpd" problem has plagued me for years, but I've been too lazy to look into it. I believe there are a number of threads about it. The problem is whenever there are two process running, they are effectively inactive (no time sync happens).